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doas

Executes a command as another user. More information: https://man.openbsd.org/doas.

  • Run a command as root:

doas {{command}}

  • Run a command as another user:

doas -u {{user}} {{command}}

  • Launch the default shell as root:

doas -s

  • Parse a configuration file and check if the execution of a command as another user is allowed:

doas -C {{config_file}} {{command}}

  • Make doas request a password even after it was supplied earlier:

doas -L